Troy Perry, University of Manitoba

Research

Bioinformatics Cidscann Crohn'S Disease Diet Environment Ethnicity Inflammatory Bowel Disease Microbiome

Latest funding

Uncovering how ethnic diversity in diet and environmental factors in a Canadian pediatric Crohn's disease population underlies the role of host and microbiome in pCD progression, surgery and post-operative recurrence
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000

Uncovering how ethnic diversity in diet and environmental factors in a Canadian pediatric Crohn's disease population underlies the role of host and microbiome in pCD progression, surgery and post-operative recurrence

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Prec./Health Eq-Nutrition/Metabolic Health-LOI

Principal investigators: Armstrong, Heather; Lunken, Genelle R; Perry, Troy; Vallance, Bruce A; Wine, Eytan

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Cidscann; Crohn'S Disease; Diet; Environment; Ethnicity; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Microbiome; Mucosal Immunology; Precision Medicine

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bioinformatics Dear Professor Perry, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on bioinformatics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Uncovering how ethnic diversity in diet and environmental factors in a Canadian pediatric Crohn's disease population underlies the role of host and microbiome in pCD progression, surgery and post-operative recurrence" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]